Let's start off this weekend's links post with some advertising. We like targeted ads (mostly because we don't have pooping problems and are tired of hearing about Activia). So we applaud IBM for finding our number with this commercial which produces a stop-motion animation using single atoms as pixels. Wow! [via Reddit and Internet Evolution] Speaking of commercials, here's some snake-oil … [Read more...]
Hacked together Mac isn’t a hackintosh
April 16, 2013 By 58 Comments
Check out this 20" iMac. Notice anything peculiar? Look closely at the branding above the Apple logo. The only thing that tips you off that this iMac is a hacked together unit is that Acer logo on the replacement screen. As we've so often been caught doing, [Flippy] was browsing eBay for deals. It's a dangerous activity because you end up falling into purchases like an Aluminum iMac for $35. … [Read more...]
Mac EFI PIN lock brute force attack (unsuccessful)
February 26, 2013 By 77 Comments
[Oliver] wiped the hard drive from a Macbook Pro using the 'dd' command on another machine. This does a great job of getting everything off the drive, but he was still faced with the EFI PIN lock protection when he tried to put it back into the Mac. You used to be able to clear the NVRAM to get around this issue, but that exploit has now been patched. So [Oliver] set out to use a microcontroller … [Read more...]
Dye Mac Dye!
February 11, 2012 By 37 Comments
Fabric dye is one of those products where it keeps popping up for unintended uses, we have seen it coloring printed circuit boards, and now a Macintosh computer? [The Brain]'s project to add a little color to his Macbook has been done before, but he chooses to do it in a different way, which comes down to a little bit of sandpaper. You could go ahead and dye the Macbook plastics as is, but that … [Read more...]
Apple laptop batteries vulnerable to firmware hack
July 23, 2011 By 45 Comments
When you think about hacking laptops, it’s highly unlikely that you would ever consider the battery as a viable attack vector. Security researcher [Charlie Miller] however, has been hard at work showing just how big a vulnerability they can be. As we have been discussing recently, the care and feeding of many batteries, big and small, is handled by some sort of microcontroller. [Charlie] … [Read more...]
Mac tablet keeps the look of the donor-Macbook
October 1, 2010 By 15 Comments
[Enigma-penguin] built a tablet computer out of a Core2Duo Macbook circa 2007. The battery exploded, damaging the case and a few components inside. But there was hope for a new life as a tablet computer. He removed the screen and tested to make sure the computer would still function without it by using the video out port. Putting the whole thing back together as a tablet proved to have some … [Read more...]
A desktop made of Air
August 17, 2010 By 19 Comments
[Bart] managed to get his hands on a Macbook Air for free. The catch was that the monitor hinge was broken and the laptop wasn't in too great of a condition. Rather than scrapping it or using it as a cake cutter, he decided to turn it into a keyboard PC. By removing the internals he was able to fit all of the components with minimal modification. [Bart] has added a few things to make it a … [Read more...]
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